Community News
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Setting up for success
For many people, the compost pile is as far away from the house as it can be, tucked right down in a back corner of the garden. Unfortunately, most of the things we need to make good compost, like garden tools and access to water, can be out of reach in these neglected corners.Let’s have…
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Windarring store sale begins!
Windarring’s Castlemaine Recycled Store has some new exciting changes happening as of this week. The shop has welcomed a new shop coordinator and new opening hours, as well as advertising a massive shop sale that kicked off yesterday and runs until Friday. The store at 317 Barker Street, Castlemaine, sells second-hand goods including clothing, kids’…
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It’s hot, when you’re not
There is nothing quite so satisfying for me as heading outside on a frosty morning to feed the chooks, passing the compost pile and scratching the ice of the thermometer dial to reveal it is a very steamy 65 degrees in there, just under the straw. Now, you may have heard (because it is repeated…
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Fundraising for friendship
The annual Kyneton Antique Fair is the premier fundraising event for Macedon Ranges Friends of Turiscai. Funds raised will support various projects established through a partnership with the community of Turiscai, located in the remote mountains of Timor-Leste. Macedon Ranges Shire Council partners with MRFoT in this friendship agreement and supports the activities and helps…
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Plant trees for bees
Bee Friendly Farming’s popular Tree Grants are back to support farmers across the country to plant more trees for bees. Grants of up to $10,000 are available to farmers and land managers to plant pollinator-friendly trees that are indigenous to their farms, with Bee Friendly Farming providing $1 for every tree planted, thanks to grant…
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Hooray for the home composter!
“In a good economy there would be no such thing as waste” writes farmer and poet, Wendell Berry. We know this is true of natural systems, where anything that builds up too much, soon becomes a resource for another species or part of the system. Our industrial economy hasn’t quite comprehended this yet, with ‘wastes’…
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Changing the narrative
Macedon Ranges Suicide Prevention Action Group is hosting its annual community walk at Woodend in September. The walk will take on this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day theme: ‘Changing the Narrative on Suicide’. MRSPAG believes that, by changing the narrative, people can move away from a culture of silence and stigma to one of openness,…
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Community gathers to support homeless
Local staff and volunteers supporting those who find themselves at risk of homelessness gathered in Kyneton last week for a barbecue lunch. The event, organised by Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health and catered for by The Kindness Collective Kyneton and the Kyneton branch of the Rapid Relief Team, was held to mark Homelessness Week. The…
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Get a wriggle on with worm farming!
This week, Hugh Finlay from Grow Great Fruit and the Harcourt Organic Food Coop takes the Compost Conversation reins and gives us a rundown on the ins and outs of worm farming. The purpose of a worm farm is to turn kitchen and garden waste into fabulously rich fertiliser. Worms like dark, cool and moist…
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Vigil for our homeless
A vigil will be held in Castlemaine this Friday to honour those in the community who are homeless. The vigil is intended to further galvanise the community on action happening locally around homelessness and to call on government to do more to address the housing crisis. Homelessness Week (August 4-11) is an annual national event…
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Celebrating 140 years
Members of Kyneton Fire Brigade celebrated 140 years of service to the community at a dinner held at the Shamrock Hotel on Saturday evening. The dinner was attended by CFA Chief Officer Jason Heffernan, Commander Michael Hembrow, deputy mayor Janet Pearce, Cr Jennifer Anderson, and Mary-Anne Thomas MP, as well as members of Kyneton Brigade…
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Biggest fish of the season
One of the Kyneton Angling Club’s youngest members has landed the biggest fish of the season! Lucas Davis was on a fishing trip with his father and brother in Yarrawonga earlier this month when he caught a 115cm murray cod.It was an epic struggle on relatively light rod and gear. Lucas has a technique that…